The new tokenized fund will offer investors fractionalized exposure to the region's hardest-to-reach private markets; AI, semiconductors and unicorn pre-IPO equities, with liquidity engineered from tokenized funds, stablecoins, cash equivalents and liquid assets.

NEW YORK, SINGAPORE and HONG KONG, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hamco, in collaboration with Synthesys and Chainlink, today announced the Hamco Tokenized Pan-Asia Private Equity Fund, giving eligible investors access to hard-to-reach private and pre-IPO opportunities across Asia, on top of liquidity benefits from tokenized money markets and stablecoins.

The semi-liquid, evergreen private equity fund is established as a native fund structure in the Cayman Islands and issued through Mint, which brings together Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard, and NAVLink into a single framework, with distribution through Synthesys Network's regulated distributor channels from day one.

While investor demand for private equity has continued to accelerate, delivering some of the strongest long-term returns of any asset class, it has also remained one of the least accessible. PE funds have also been conventionally illiquid, and have never had a reliable mechanism to fund redemptions, until tokenized liquidity and credit options came to market, which enabled allocators and fund managers a new alternative to manage liquidity.

The Hamco Pan-Asia PE Fund is structured around these challenges. Managing allocations into hard-to-reach private, illiquid investments across Pan-Asia Pre-IPO positions, cornerstone/PIPE allocations, private credit and direct unicorn investments, while its liquid portfolio deploys into select listed companies, tokenized money market and credit funds and stablecoins. Tapping into tokenized instruments that can be subscribed and redeemed on-chain with near-instant settlement functioning as a true liquidity engine, enabling the fund to meet liquidity requirements that traditional PE structures cannot.

"Throughout the past two decades, Pan-Asia's defining technology companies have generated exceptional returns, yet access to these opportunities has remained fairly restrictive, concentrated within a narrow group of institutions. Private equity is, by its nature, a long-term asset class, and investors must approach it with a long-term investment horizon. In our view, an evergreen structure makes sense for capturing this return profile while aligning with the patience the asset class demands. By distributing the fund natively on-chain, a tokenized structure enhances both operational efficiency and investor accessibility, without compromising the institutional governance and controls that define disciplined private equity," said Eddy Chow, CEO, Hamco.

"Private equity was the asset class tokenization supposedly couldn't do. But Hamco has engineered in liquidity into a digitally native vehicle, with its sleeve of tokenized money market funds, tokenized credit and stablecoins enabling on-chain fund management in near real time without relying on a reconciliation lag between the portfolio and the register. The fund will be live on Synthesys Network from day one, reaching global regulated channels across different jurisdictions for widespread distribution - that is how private markets come on-chain," said Darien Poh, CEO, Synthesys.

The Growth Has Gone Private

Asia's technology decade is being built in private markets. The companies defining artificial intelligence, semiconductors and robotics across the region are staying private for longer, and by the time they reach public exchanges, much of the value creation has already happened, captured by the closed circle of institutions and insiders able to invest early. Investors who can only buy at the IPO are increasingly buying the ending and not the growth story itself.

Access to that story shouldn't be limited to a select few. The fund is designed to open it, and unlike traditional private equity vehicles, it is built for how investors actually allocate. Its tokenized shares are fractionalized, lowering the barrier to entry that has kept private equity behind large minimums; with better liquidity windows for subscriptions and redemption windows; and the NAV is transparent and verifiable on-chain, rather than a periodic statement against an opaque book.

What makes those terms possible, rather than promises, is the structure underneath them.

"Tokenization matters when it changes what a fund can do, not simply how ownership is recorded," said Niki Ariyasinghe, VP of APAC and ME at Chainlink Labs. "Hamco is applying it to one of private equity's hardest challenges: expanding investor access while preserving the controls and liquidity discipline the asset class requires. With Chainlink enabling verifiable data, secure cross-chain connectivity and programmable fund operations, this launch provides a practical blueprint for bringing private-market strategies to investors at scale."

The fund will be available across select blockchains to Non-US professional/accredited investors meeting applicable eligibility criteria, minimum investment thresholds and subject to the investment documentation.

Disclaimer: This communication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction. References to pipeline or target investments are indicative only; portfolio composition may change and no assurance is given that any referenced investment will be made or retained. Private equity investments involve significant risk, including illiquidity and possible loss of principal. Redemptions are subject to gates and may be deferred. Past performance of the manager's prior investments does not guarantee future results. Available only to eligible investors under applicable law.

About Hamco

HAMCO Services is a CIMA-regulated company that engages in asset management and principal investing business. Founded in 2018 by Wall Street executives with decades of experience. Since inception, the company has developed into a substantial investment institution with primary focus in alternative asset class such as late-stage ventures, private equity and digital asset. Hamco's principals have invested across Asia's defining private technology companies for more than a decade — through consumer internet, artificial intelligence, digital banking, robotics and biotech, building positions in some of the region's most recognized names and realizing exits through IPOs, share repurchases and secondary sales across multiple market cycles.

Learn more at hamcoservices.co

About Synthesys

Synthesys provides modular infrastructure that connects traditional financial institutions to the tokenized capital market. Its flagship product, Synthesys Network, enables cross-jurisdictional compliance and operational interoperability, bridging siloed legacy systems to the tokenized capital market through a unified API.

Learn more at synthesys.co.

Disclaimer: Synthesys does not offer, sell or distribute securities. Products accessible via Synthesys Network are made available by regulated intermediaries acting within their own regulatory permissions, and availability is subject to investor eligibility and jurisdiction.

About Chainlink

Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and the market leader powering the majority of DeFi. The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi. 

Many of the world's largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink's standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Polymarket, Lido, Lighter, and many others. Chainlink leverages a novel fee model where offchain and onchain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve.

Learn more at chain.link